EU / China: cooperation on agriculture
During this visit, the Commission deepened agricultural cooperation and worked at the opening of the main barriers to trade in agricultural and food products between the EU and China.
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Germany: small decline in breeding herd
Latest data from the German Federal Statistical Office show a one per cent decline in breeding pig numbers in the year to May 2012.
USA: Vilsack announces efforts to assist farmers and ranchers impacted by drought
The assistance announced uses the Secretary of Agriculture's existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs.
Russia quarantines another farming region on African swine fever
Russia’s regional Governor Vasily Galuskin banned the transportation of hogs and the sale of pork in southern Volgograd because of ASF outbreaks.
USA: China pork imports still high
The total pork exports to China and Hong Kong in May were 22,032 metric tonnes or 102% higher than a year ago.
Guatemala confirms two new outbreaks of classical swine fever
The outbreaks ara located in Ipala (Chiquimula) and Pastores (Sacatepequez).
European Union: dioxins and PCBs report shows drop in dietary exposure over last decade
The report reveals a general decrease in dietary exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs, comparing the period 2008-2010 with 2002-2004, of at least 16 % and up to 79 % for the general population.
What Europeans think of food security, food quality and the relation between agriculture and the countryside
More than 90% of EU citizens find quality and price an important factor when buying food, and more important than origin (71%) and brand (47%).
Russia: new outbreaks of African swine fever confirmed
The outbreaks are located in Tver and Volgograd regions.
Drought sends corn higher
The drought is hitting a wide swath of the corn belt, including Iowa and Illinois, the two largest corn-producing states.
Brazil: The government is considering the purchase of pork to increase prices
Depending on market response, the Government foresees the definition of the reference price of pork to be exceptional.
Canada: amendment to Canada's Health of Animals Regulations
Pig producers would provide information directly to the administrator, and identify all pigs in their care and control with tags or tattoos.
European Union: safer regulation for biocidal products
The new regulation on biocidal products will increase the safety of these chemical products and simplify their authorisation on the EU market, improving their free movement on the internal market.
Denmark has reduced the use of cephalosporins in pig production by 99%
After a voluntary agreement to abandon the use of cephalosporins in pig production, its use has declined by 99 percent since 2009.
EU: Presidency work programme in the agriculture and fisheries sectors
The agricultural policy priorities of the Presidency will include the new animal health law.
USA to create publicly available food pathogen genome database
Genetic code sequencing of 100,000 food pathogens will provide roadmap to help identify causes of outbreaks.